Hackford v. Snow

I dissent on the ground that the Earnest Money Receipt and Offer to Lease dated April 15, 1975 was insufficient in its description of the property to be leased and sold and thus did not comply with the statute of frauds.

A written agreement or memorandum which is relied upon to satisfy the statute of frauds must contain all the essential terms and provisions of the agreement of the parties. Birdzell v. Utah Oil Refining Co., 121 Utah 412, 242 P.2d 578 (1952); Baugh v. Logan City, 27 Utah 2d 291, 495 P.2d 814 (1972). When applied to agreements for the sale or leasing of an interest in real…